To put it bluntly, this is a simple and rudimentary public ownership, which is similar to some systems in later generations.

And the White Lotus Holy Kingdom, which was shrouded in the Sacred Treasury system, was also highly concentrated in resources, like many regimes in later generations.

The people under the rule of the White Lotus Holy Kingdom have really achieved that their families have no surplus property and have equal access - no one has any money. All the property of the people of the sect was concentrated in the holy treasury, and these were nothing, in addition, there were also those things that the White Lotus Sect had looted and looted in the process of sweeping thousands of miles. This is the real big sect, you must know that more than sixty percent of the entire Liaobei general's territory, millions of people, gentry, officials, big households, and even local officials, accumulated decades, hundreds of years of savings, have been robbed by the White Lotus Sect.

The amount of money in the treasury can only be described as incalculable.

This Ming Dynasty is completely different, the Ming Dynasty is rich in the people, the gentry officials and businessmen are rich, the wealth of the people is abundant, but the treasury is perennially empty and can run mice. On the side of the White Lotus Sect, it was completely reversed, more than seventy percent of the wealth was concentrated in the Holy Treasury, and the remaining thirty percent was in the mansions of officials at all levels. It stands to reason that they are not allowed to keep their property, but in any era, there is always such a special group that enjoys privileges.

The expenses of officials, the office expenses of various yamen, the allocation of various necessary materials, the expenses for purchasing grain and agricultural tools for the people, the expenses of the palace, and even the needs of the army's regular expenses, and the logistics materials needed when marching and fighting are all from the sacred treasury. It was precisely because of his control of the Holy Treasury that Feng Xichen was able to suppress all the capitals, so that generals like Zhao Yunshan, who had mastered most of the military power, also had to look at his face.

Li Qingshan's continuous expansion of his strength is also because of the huge resources in the Holy Treasury behind him.

And now, Jing is going to strip the Holy Treasury from Feng Xichen! This is equivalent to losing most of his power!

There was a fury in his heart, it's not fair, it's not fair! Why? I have worked hard for the Holy Nation and the Holy Religion, so why should I be deprived of my authority with a single word?

What kind of thing is he's a latecomer? What about the officials of the Ming Dynasty? There are not many officials in the Ming Dynasty, but there are not many people who are vegetarians!

He was wronged and aggrieved in his heart, but this is also a helpless thing, who asked him to sit down for his subordinates?

Feng Xichen especially felt sad, he was loyal to Xu Hongru, and he was desperate for everything, although he was not selfish, but in the final analysis, it was for this holy country and this holy sect! But now, I am being treated like this, and my heart is sad, disappointed, hateful, and angry. Intertwined, mixed flavors.

Luo Chengxiong was keenly aware of the changes in the atmosphere in the hall, he had been up and down for so many years, how slippery he was? I immediately understood in my heart that I might have been unknowingly involved in the whirlpool of infighting. He lowered his eyebrows and didn't say a word, at this time, it is wrong to say anything, because your behavior itself is not accepted - from other hands **, it is easier to be hated than to take food from the tiger's mouth.

"Wen Xiang, in the future, you and Deputy Wen Xiang will be colleagues, this political matter, you have to be in charge of the second time, and you have to be closer and closer." Xu Hongru said lightly.

Seeing that majestic Lian, Feng Xichen couldn't wait to step on it now.

He forced a smile on his face and arched his hand: "Naturally." Please rest assured, Your Highness, the minister will definitely help Luo Dajin to take over various affairs. ”

"That's fine." Xu Hongru smiled faintly and said: "I had an idea before, but unfortunately I didn't have the right entry, so I haven't been able to implement it." Deputy Wenxiang, you are in the pseudo-Ming Dynasty, but you are in charge of the Baoquan Bureau? ”

"Your Highness is right."

Luo Chengxiong responded.

"What I'm going to say is also related to this."

Xu Hongru took a deep breath and said angrily: "Now that our White Lotus Holy Kingdom has been established, the subjects are all dressed in white clothes and white robes, entering the brothers and sisters, worshiping the lifeless mother, the atmosphere is completely new, and the appearance of the land has changed. It's a pity that the goods circulating in the country are all from the puppet Ming court, which is the silver ingot, which was also made by the puppet Ming court. That's not good! Very bad! ”

"That's why I've decided to mint new money from now on."

Xu Hongru continued: "You also know that the ancestors of the former Li should be the emperor of the martial arts, and the emperor Xu Gong was the only one who built the empire, and was located in Jiangxi, Huguang, Sichuan, Shaanxi and other thousands of miles. ”

Speaking of the ancestor such a glorious period, he was obviously very excited, took a few rough breaths, and said in an excited voice: "The ancestor used to use four years later, five years of peace, two years of peace, two years of peace, two years of death, and one year of death. The first year was set up by the ancestors under the coercion of the Jiān thief Chen Youliang, and it should not be counted. As for Zhiping and Taiping, these era names were okay when they were peaceful and prosperous, and we met with the Ming Dynasty, which was definitely not peaceful, so it should not be used. This early enlightenment is good, now our White Lotus Holy Sect was born out of thin air, swept away, it is the time to open the ground, the new yuan is enabled, this seat has decided, and will continue to use this early enlightenment year name. ”

He took a deep breath and said loudly: "From now on, the Yuan will be changed, and this year will be the third year of the Dawn." ”

"How long has it been since the establishment of the Yuan, and it is going to be changed again?" Everyone was dumbfounded, and watched Xu Hongru continue to speak with foam on his mouth.

"Build a treasure spring bureau, open the furnace and cast the treasure of the beginning of the road." Xu Hongru has obviously been thinking about this question for a long time, and he is very clear in his words: "Yao Qi Tongbao, a total of eight specifications. Each is different. Lu Yuesheng, you give me a thought. ””

"Yes, Your Highness!" The eunuch beside him with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, the eunuch in his twenties answered softly, and said in a lengthened voice:

"The first specification is a small flat coin, the front is the Kai Qi Tong Bao Kaishu, the back is written with the word 'sacred', and the word 'country' is written under the book. The small flat money weighs one penny, and the diameter is eight points. The second specification is two big money, the front is the Kai Qi Tong Bao Kaishu, the back is written with the word "sacred", and the word "country" is written under the book. The word 'dang' in the left book and the word 'two' in the right book. The fold of two large coins weighs one dollar and eight cents, and the diameter is one inch and one cent. The third specification is when the five big money, the front is the Kai Qi Tong Bao Kaishu, the back is written with the word "sacred", and the word "country" is written under the book. The word 'dang' in the left book and the 'five' character in the right book. When the five big coins weigh three dollars and four cents, the diameter is one inch and three cents. The fourth specification is when the ten money, the front is the seal book of Yao Qitong, the back is written on the word "ten", and the right book is up and down the word "five money". When the ten coins weigh five dollars, the diameter is one inch and five cents. ”

"The fifth specification is when thirty big money, the front is the Baoyu tendon seal, the back is written on the word 'dang', and the word 'thirty' is written under the book. The word 'one or two' in the right book. When the thirty big money weighs one or two, the diameter is one inch and seven points. The sixth specification is when fifty big money, the front is the Baoyu tendon seal, the back is written with the word "dang", and the word "fifty" is written under the book. The word 'one or two' is written on the left, and the word 'five coins' is written on the right. When fifty dollars weigh two or five dollars, two inches in diameter. The seventh specification is when the hundred big money, the front is the Baoyu seal, the back is the word "dang", and the word "hundred" is written under the book. The left book is the word "three taels", and the right book is the word "nine coins". When the hundred big money weighs three taels and nine dollars, the diameter is two inches and two cents. ”

"The eighth specification is when 500 big money, the front is the seal book of Yaoqitong Baoyu tendon, the back is written with the word 'dang', and the word is written under the word '500'. The right book is the word 'five taels'. When five hundred dollars weigh five taels, the diameter is two inches and four cents. The ninth specification is when a thousand big money, the front is the seal book of the Baoyu tendon of Yaoqitong, the word "dang" on the back, and the word "thousand" under the book. For the wide edge, on the edge of the book on the word 'count', the next book 'heavy' word, the left book 'eight' word, the right book 'two' word. All the characters and books are jade seals. When a thousand dollars weigh five taels, the diameter is two inches and six points. ”

He took a breath and made a final addition: "The money of Xiaoping and the money of the pseudo-Ming are one-to-one, and all the materials of the coinage are ninety-five copper, and the rest is lead. It is divided into four types: bronze, white copper, brass, and copper. ”

Everyone listened to the stunned eyes, and said in their hearts: "When you are holding back these things in the harem with your old family, you want to come up with something about this?" ”

They didn't know that Xu Hongru was particularly interested and enthusiastic about this kind of specification, regulation and the like.

Xu Hongru looked at the crowd below with a smile and asked, "Everyone, can you see the deep meaning of this seat?" ”

"And the deep meaning?" Everyone shook their heads.

Luo Chengxiong had a contemplative look on his face, and suddenly a touch of surprise flashed on his face, and he stepped out of the ranks, arched his hands, and said loudly: "Your Highness's plan is really wonderful!" It's wonderful! However, with certain regulations, countless silver coins can be born out of thin air, and there is no need to even turn over the skin, and this money is really easy to come. ”

Xu Hongru laughed when he heard this, and praised: "Deputy Wenxiang really deserves to be an important minister of the Ming court, this vision is really sharp, and it can be seen clearly at a glance." ”

Seeing that the courtiers were still ignorant, he naturally had a feeling of being above the crowd, and laughed: "Luo Aiqing, you tell everyone!" ”

"Yes! Your Highness. ”

Luo Chengxiong responded, coughed lightly, and said calmly in the face of the crowd: "You have just heard, we are going to open the Baoquan Bureau and mint coins, you may not know very well, but you know some of them, this coinage is not a money-making job, on the contrary, the imperial court coinage, often have to lose money." ”

The crowd is unbelieving because he is alarmist.

The court minted the money and spent it directly, that is, it was only a little cost, so why not lose money? That's a lot of money!

Luo Chengxiong smiled slightly and continued: "The national dynasty has always minted copper coins, starting from the Qin and Han dynasties, and all dynasties are as good as each other. However, there is not much copper produced in the country, and a large amount of copper has been used up in coinage over the years, so the price of copper is getting higher and higher. At that time, the price of folk copper soared, and Zhang Fangping was on the "On the Law of Money and Prohibition of Copper" in the Xining Dynasty, saying that "ten coins are melted, one or two copper is obtained, and the profit is five times that of utensils". When Yuanyou was in charge of collecting folk bronzes, the price was 200 wen per catty, and only 150 wen could be paid, and few people thought the price was low; During the Shaosheng period, the money supervisor lost money over the years, and every 1,000 copper coins was produced, and 1,500 yuan was required, all of which were disadvantages, and in the pseudo-Ming Dynasty, it was even more so. ”

Li Qingshan furrowed his brows and asked, "Then why didn't the Song Dynasty follow the example of the pseudo-Ming Dynasty and mint less silver coins?" But what's so hard to say? ”

He is a young man who is very eager to learn, and he is dizzy to hear it, and he doesn't know why, but he can hear some doorways. And because of his limited previous experience and low status, he was only a country entered, and the theoretical level of this era was at the bottom, so when it came to things like economy, regulation and control, and finance, he couldn't get in touch with them, so he asked very curiously.

"That's a good question." Luo Chengxiong said: "It's not boasting, if you can say this way, I'm afraid that you can only enter the next and Hubu Shangshu Wanda." Why did the Song Dynasty mint currency even though it knew that it would lose money when it minted copper coins? This is a last resort. The Song Dynasty had prosperous commerce and wealthy people, and the amount of silver needed was huge, and the main currency in circulation in the Song Dynasty at that time was copper coins. In addition, the rich people of the Song Dynasty at that time had the habit of hoarding and storing copper coins, and they often stored several cellars and warehouses. Moreover, our China is in the upper country, and the small countries around it are all fond of using the copper coins of the national dynasty, and every time they buy and sell with them, they only need copper coins and nothing else. Therefore, the people and the government will find that somehow, there is less and less money on the market, so the government knows that it is losing money, but it has to be minted. ”

"Since the Pseudo-Ming Dynasty, the sea has been opened for a hundred years, and overseas trade has been carried out all year round, and a large amount of silver has flowed in, and the private government has often used silver trade, and the demand for copper coins in the market is not so large, so the amount of copper coins minted is smaller, and it is just that."

"Rao is so, now the situation of the pseudo-Ming is also the situation of money and silver, the former Song Dynasty is only, silver one or two when money runs through more than 2,000 Wen, to the time of the founding of the Pseudo-Ming Dynasty, silver one or two when money is more than 1,100 Wen, as for the Hongzhi Dynasty, then silver one or two when money 700 Wen."

There was a general below who smiled and said disdainfully: "Say so much that there is a bird to use? This is a downfall, but it is not said. ”

But seeing Luo Chengxiong in the limelight like this, he was very angry.

Luo Chengxiong was humble and polite and very personable before, but when he heard this, he was immediately furious, raised his eyebrows, and sneered: "What kind of bastard did this general say?" You don't need money to march to war? Don't need money to feed the soldiers? You don't need money to buy ordnance? Grain and grass logistics, weapons and armor, city defense do not need money? What's more, our White Lotus Holy Kingdom is no longer a homeless people, not a thief, we have established a country, but a court that wants to fight against the puppet Ming, these things must be taken seriously, otherwise, it will definitely be prosperous and prosperous, and death will be sudden! ”

This rebuke made the general stunned, and he lost face in front of so many people, and his face was flushed, but he was speechless.

Some of the people are happy, some are dumbfounded, and some are not angry, but they all know that this Luo Chengxiong is not easy to mess with. Drink, the staring and raising of the eyebrows when you enter the house, that is the official authority, we can't compare!

Xu Hongru glanced at the general's face lightly, and said to Luo Chengxiong: "Deal with that rammer, you go on!" ”

"Yes."

Luo Chengxiong continued: "When Song Huizong was in the beginning, in order to improve this situation, Cai Jing once presided over the casting of ten coins. And now, the rules set by His Royal Highness for nine pins of money are wonderful, where is the wonder? ”

"You can take a look, let's take a small flat money and a thousand big money as examples. A small flat coin needs to weigh one copper coin, and a thousand big coins need five taels of copper. That is to say, casting a copper that is a thousand dollars is only enough to cast fifty small flat coins, but one is a thousand big coins, but it can be exchanged for a thousand small flat coins, and we can also exchange small flat coins for other copper coins, so that once the imperial treasury is scarce, it only needs to cast a large number of such big coins when five hundred and five hundred dollars, and the crisis will be solved. Ladies and gentlemen, isn't this idea a brilliant one, Your Highness? ”

When everyone heard this, they suddenly praised His Highness for his wisdom. Of course, some people who have bad brains don't think about it now.

There were many introductions in the hall, and they all said happily that they would not worry about running out of money to spend in the future...... Feng Xichen didn't feel even more uncomfortable in his heart - he didn't expect this layer just now, and it suddenly dawned on him after Luo Chengxiong said it.

Li Qingshan was silent digesting what Luo Chengxiong said.

This was undoubtedly an enlightening impact for him, who did not know what the concepts of economics and macroeconomic regulation and control were, and it gave him great inspiration, making him feel that he had completely come into contact with a completely new field.

But he faintly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say anything wrong - there were some things that Luo Chengxiong was naturally inconvenient to say. The imperial court minted a thousand dollars, but only consumed fifty small flat coins of copper, and this kind of huge profit has exceeded that of any industry - this is a profit of two thousand!

How can there be such a cheap thing in the world? In fact, the minting of such coins whose weight does not match the face value is already with the shadow of some later paper money, and the Ming Dynasty also has paper money, called Daming treasure banknotes. It's a pity that because the imperial court doesn't understand the economy, or even if it understands it, it can't control it, and it prints paper money indiscriminately, resulting in the value of paper money, and the people are unwilling to use it. If too much money is minted, it will inevitably lead to this kind of evil result.

However, it is still no problem to do this in a short time, as long as you ensure that the coins are weighty enough, beautiful enough, and crack down on private minting.

Luo Chengxiong has this self-confidence.

Of course, Xu Hongru didn't know at this time, but his unintentional move set a precedent.

Prior to this, the Chinese dynasty used round square-hole copper coins for thousands of years, and they basically had characters on the obverse. There is no word on the bare back, that is, there is, and it is extremely rare, such as the Hongwu Dynasty cast Hongwu eleven taels, the back is 'ten', and the right side is one tael. I have also cast that dangdang ten coins before, take Hongwu eleven taels as an example, Hongwu eleven taels means that the money is used as ten small flat coins, the weight is one tael, and it happens to be the weight of ten small flat coins. The issuance of such large coins is only for the convenience of circulation, but not for profit.

But Xu Hongru's approach is different.

Since then, whenever the country is in distress and in crisis, it has begun to mint this kind of big money when it is fifty, hundred, five hundred or even thousand, which directly leads to the emergence of currency and economic crises again and again.

Xu Hongru said again: "Luo Aiqing, you have already been to the Holy Treasury, the number of copper in it, is it clear?" ”

"I've done a rough count." Luo Chengxiong said with a smile: "The number of them really surprised the minister, and a rough estimate is that there are more than 10 million catties of copper." ”

The White Lotus Sect swept thousands of miles, plundered countless times, a small part of these copper came from the officials and gentry, the vast majority of them all came from Taoist temples, the Ming Dynasty was peaceful and prosperous, and religion was also prosperous, and there were many Taoist temples in each sè, and many statues in them were cast in copper. The White Lotus Sect didn't believe this, and all of them moved here.

With that said, the minting of coins came to an end.

Xu Hongru said to Zhao Yunshan again: "I heard that these sons, let's cultivate the martial arts, stop the soldiers, and there has been no fighting, right?" ”

His expression was a little disgruntled.

Zhao Yunshan looked at Feng Xichen unlucky, and was gloating to himself, but he didn't expect that it would be his turn to be unlucky so soon, he hurriedly responded, and said: "If you go back to Your Highness, in accordance with your will, you did not move troops, but only a stalemate with Wu Yijun on the Eastern Front." ”

He won't speak anymore - what's the matter, how can there be a leader's responsibility? What do you do to involve leaders?

Xu Hongru was a little unhappy at the moment, but the original order was indeed given by him. At that time, he only cared about pleasure and didn't want to make trouble, so he ordered not to attack, and when Zhao Yunshan said this, he couldn't refute it. So he said lightly: "What is the situation on the Eastern Front?" Say it! ”

Zhao Yunshan was not a fool, so he naturally saw Xu Hongru's displeasure, so he said: "The Eastern Front has always been in charge of General Li, so let's ask him to come and talk about it!" ”

A move Tai Chi pushed his hand to Li Qingshan, anyway, he didn't enter by himself, what kind of anger did His Highness have, although he sent it to him.

Xu Hongru looked at Li Qingshan.

Li Qingshan scolded secretly and said respectfully: "Your Highness, the army of Wu Yi arrived on the east bank of the Mulun River ten days ago, and did not cross the river, but established a large camp on the east bank and stationed it. The last general's 20,000 troops were stationed on the West Bank to confront him. At this time, Wu Yijun did not make much change, but sent spies to send news that they sent a proclamation, recruited the fleeing people, cleaned up the place, and relocated the wealthy households, it is said that they went to their old nest town Yuanfu. ”

Xu Hongru leaned back in his chair, knocked on the table and groaned, "General, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Yunshan thought about this question many times, and immediately said: "From the point of view of the last general, they are now busy dealing with the Jurchen and Mongol invasions in the north, so if they confront us, if they free their hands, they will definitely attack us." Your Highness, we and Wu Yijun will have to fight after all. ”

The other generals also nodded in agreement.

Zhao Yunshan's statement represents the views of the vast majority of generals in the army, and as vested interest groups and military meritorious classes, they naturally look forward to constantly fighting wars, expanding their own power, and obtaining wealth, gold and silver. You must know, among the generals in this palace, which family does not have one hundred and eighty slaves and miscellaneous servants, and more than a dozen beautiful girls? Isn't it all the result of war?

Xu Hongru nodded, pondered for a moment and said, "How far is our southern Tashanwei from General Jianzhou's territory?" ”

"Back to His Highness, it's only more than one hundred and thirty miles, and there is only the Songhua River and some hills in between."

"Hmm."

Xu Hongru sat in his seat for a long time with his brows twisted, and suddenly said, "Lu Yuesheng, pass the decree!" ”

He said in a deep voice: "Spread the decree, with Feng Yunshan, the general of Fengyao's rebellion, as the marshal of the southern expedition, and lead the front army of Zao Wouji, the left army of Zhao Zhizhi, and the Chinese army, a total of 55,000 troops, to raise troops to recruit the general of Jianzhou." Later, Li Qingshan, the main general of the army, was the general of the expedition to the north, commanding the rear army and the right army, and conquering the Wuyi army. ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked.

Feng Yao is the first general in the army, and it is natural to be the marshal of the Southern Expedition, but he, Li Qingshan, is just a commander of the rear army, why can he be a marshal of the Northern Expedition? Doesn't this put Li Qingshan and Zhao Yunshan on the same footing?

Zhao Yunshan's face is not very good-looking, although he is forced to hide himself, but the slightly trembling body has betrayed the feelings in his heart.

Feng Xichen was unlucky, he gloated, but he didn't expect that it would be his turn so soon.

He just responded blankly: "The last general will take the order." ”

And over there, Li Qingshan received the order, but he was also very unhappy in his heart - let me fight Wu Yijun, is this to send me to death?

Everyone in the hall has their own thoughts, but no matter how stupid they are, they can see that the power of the current Wenxiang and the general has been deprived a lot, and the biggest benefit is Li Qingshan and the newcomer Luo Chengxiong.

Some of them are already secretly vigilant and awe-inspiring in their hearts - how can this highness have the slightest mediocrity? I know in my heart that I am afraid that I am deliberately suppressing it at this time.

Xu Hongru only cared about playing with power and suppressing each other, but he didn't take care of the mood of these old ministers who started with him, as if they were cattle and horses-and these generals and ministers had not yet been transformed from the brotherhood with the sect leader.

Therefore, they are angry, aggrieved and disappointed in Xu Hongru's actions.

Not only Zhao Yunshan and Feng Xichen, but also don't enter.

Xu Hongru didn't know that these loyal courtiers had gradually drifted away from morality.

At this time, he was still immersed in a crazy world.

"Do you know why this seat is sending troops to fight everywhere today?" He laughed arrogantly and said, "The triumph of your army is the time when this throne is enthroned as emperor!" ”

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